The Sign of the Ram
by Margaret Ferguson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Blakiston Co., 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition stated. 8vo in black cloth, spine title in gilt. Moderate shelf wear to the cloth, rubbing at the corners and spine ends of the dustjacket, jacket not price-clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 282746
- Title
- The Sign of the Ram
- Author
- Margaret Ferguson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Blakiston Co.
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
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Dunaway Books
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...